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NEW METALS FOR NEW NEEDS by N. P. Inglis , Ph.D., F.I.M.
Nuclear power, supersonic flight, and chemical engineering are creating a demand for new metals. In the laboratories for years there have been what were regarded as scientific curios-metals like niobium, zirconium, hafnium, and beryllium. Today these metals are of growing industrial importance, and Dr. Inglis discusses why this is so.